Why the Internet Makes People Addicted? - Maybe not a few people who directly seek to connect with the internet gadgets since waking from sleep. There's even a nighttime sleep cycles are disturbed because of the internet can not be separated.
Excerpted from the website LiveScience, Tuesday, May 28, 2013, the internet addiction like this is actually influenced by the structure of the Internet itself. "The Internet is not addictive in the way of drugs. But the internet is a compulsive activity, very interesting and diverting attention," said Tom Stafford, an expert in cognitive psychology from the University of Sheffield, UK.
Email and social media has a structure similar machine casino reward system: results issued many are junk, but not infrequently also raises the jackpot. Jackpot in the context of the internet could be the latest information or gossip, or a funny video from YouTube.
Also according to Stafford, a notification appears in the mail or other social media is similar to research conducted by Ivan Pavlov, in which a dog can be trained to listen drooling every time the bell sounds. Alert on Facebook, for example, makes people feel happy because it activates a chemical reaction in the brain that trigger pleasure. This has continuously sought again by internet users.
Moreover, in the internet there are no clear boundaries between one activity to another activity. Many links in the internet that can throw the user away from the original goal in just a few clicks.
"A person who for example want to research about the case on Wikipedia, but the edges are even reading the article about Depeche Mode," said Stafford.
To overcome this addiction, said Stafford, the user must 'bear' to the limits. For example, able to block the specific site, or specify strict time constraints.
"Technology is eroded structures, but psychologically we continue to need it. Two things continue to attract," said Stafford added.
Excerpted from the website LiveScience, Tuesday, May 28, 2013, the internet addiction like this is actually influenced by the structure of the Internet itself. "The Internet is not addictive in the way of drugs. But the internet is a compulsive activity, very interesting and diverting attention," said Tom Stafford, an expert in cognitive psychology from the University of Sheffield, UK.
Email and social media has a structure similar machine casino reward system: results issued many are junk, but not infrequently also raises the jackpot. Jackpot in the context of the internet could be the latest information or gossip, or a funny video from YouTube.
Also according to Stafford, a notification appears in the mail or other social media is similar to research conducted by Ivan Pavlov, in which a dog can be trained to listen drooling every time the bell sounds. Alert on Facebook, for example, makes people feel happy because it activates a chemical reaction in the brain that trigger pleasure. This has continuously sought again by internet users.
Moreover, in the internet there are no clear boundaries between one activity to another activity. Many links in the internet that can throw the user away from the original goal in just a few clicks.
"A person who for example want to research about the case on Wikipedia, but the edges are even reading the article about Depeche Mode," said Stafford.
To overcome this addiction, said Stafford, the user must 'bear' to the limits. For example, able to block the specific site, or specify strict time constraints.
"Technology is eroded structures, but psychologically we continue to need it. Two things continue to attract," said Stafford added.